Novak Djokovic leads strong line-up of players, teams for World Tennis League in Dubai

08.11.2022 - 19:11 arabnews.com

DUBAI: Eighteen of the world’s top tennis stars, including Novak Djokovic, are set battle it out to become the first winners of the World Tennis League at Dubai’s Coca-Cola Arena from Dec.

19 to 24. The event, held in partnership with Dubai Sports Council, will also see post-match concerts from award-winning acts Tiesto, deadmau5, Wizkid, Armin van Buuren, Mohamed Ramadan, and Ne-Yo.

The participants have an impressive 39 Grand Slam titles to their names, including a remarkable 21 singles crowns held by Djokovic.

In an official WTL draw, the 18 players were placed into four teams and will compete in a round-robin format, featuring a men’s singles, a women’s singles, and a mixed doubles.

tennis Sport Elena Rybakina Iga Swiatek Nick Kyrgios Rohan Bopanna Alexander Zverev Aryna Sabalenka Novak Djokovic Bianca Andreescu Paula Badosa Grigor Dimitrov Dominic Thiem Daria Kasatkina Stefanos Tsitsipas Caroline Garcia Holger Rune France Germany Dubai

AL WAKRAH, Qatar: Australia only needed to avoid defeat to stay in the World Cup. The Socceroos did more than that in a 1-0 win over Tunisia on Saturday.Mitchell Duke gave Australia the lead midway through the first half with a header and Australia went on to register their first win at soccer’s biggest event since a victory over Serbia back in 2010.The result means Australia still have a chance to qualify for the round of 16, despite losing 4-1 to defending champion France in their opening match.France and Australia lead Group D with three points each, while Denmark and Tunisia have one point each.France play Denmark later tonight.In the final round of group games on Wednesday, Tunisia play France and Australia meet Denmark.After a scrappy start from both sides, Australia went ahead with a play out of the back from their goalkeeper.

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Ecuador keep World Cup spot as CAS confirms Castillo eligibility

DUBAI: Ecuador will play at this year’s World Cup in Qatar after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday said Byron Castillo, whom Chile claimed was ineligible to play during the qualifiers, was deemed an Ecuadorean national.Ecuador will, however, get a three-point deduction at the start of the qualifying campaign for the 2026 World Cup and must also pay a fine of 100,000 Swiss Francs ($101,605.36) for the “use of a document containing false information,” CAS said.“Since the nationality of a player with a national association is determined by national laws (subject to time limits in case of a change of sporting nationality, which was not the case here), Byron Castillo was eligible to play ... in the preliminary round of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022,” CAS said in a statement.CAS, sport’s highest court, added that the decision was based on the fact that the Ecuadorean authorities acknowledged Castillo as an Ecuadorean national.Ecuador have been drawn in Group A alongside Qatar, Senegal and the Netherlands at the finals and the South American team will play the hosts in the opening match of the tournament when the World Cup kicks off on Nov.